Charleston Daily Mail back issues from February 2002:
Dow may expand at S.C. site: FilmTec considers building plant that may employ 500
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL BUSINESS EDITOR The Dow Chemical Co.'s South Charleston plant is on a short listof potential locations for a new factory that could eventually employ400 to 500 people, a Dow executive said this morning. Peter Berner, vice president for Dow's West Virginia ...
Parkersburg hospital plan worries CAMC
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL HEALTH REPORTER An official from Charleston Area Medical Center is concerned thata large expansion plan at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital inParkersburg might eventually include a request to offer open-heartsurgery. Officials at Camden-Clark plan to spend as much ...
Victim's mom says slaying suspect was one of her son's closest friends
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Viki Laughlin said today that she had just given a blood sample sopolice could confirm that it was her son whose body was discovered ina shallow grave on the Lincoln County line. "You can't believe that something like that is happening," saidthe mother of ...
Informed consent bill ready to go: Abortion-rights opponents say it may pass this year
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL CAPITOL REPORTER Abortion-rights opponents believe this could be the year that theyfinally get a long-sought informed consent bill through theLegislature - and abortion-rights supporters fear that might be true. It looks as though action will begin Tuesday, when ...
Suspect arrested: Tornado man charged in 'gruesome homicide'
Feb 01, 2002; ... Bradley Earl Hacker, 24, of Tornado has been charged with murderin connection with the death of ...
Capito leads money race: Fund-raising pace slowed dramatically after Sept. 11
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's campaign kitty farexceeds that reported by either of her challengers so far, but thefreshman Republican's fund-raising pace slowed after last September'sterrorist attacks. Capito raised $242,090 during the ...
Education official 'excited' over scholarship response: More than 3,000 seniors applied for Promise funds
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Nearly 20 percent of high school seniors across the state appliedfor the merit-based Promise scholarship and will likely receivefunding for tuition and fees at an in-state college, the program'sdirector said. Robert Morgenstern said his staff has been in ...
Suspect arrested: Tornado man charged in 'gruesome homicide'
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF A Tornado man was charged today with the death of Jason Gill, the20-year-old whose body was found burned and buried in a shallow graveon the Kanawha-Lincoln county line. Bradley Earl Hacker, 24, charged with murder, was being held thismorning at South ...
Teachers say they aren't ready to give up fight for bigger raises
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Teachers who rallied in Charleston this week for a pay raise mayhave gone home empty-handed, but union officials say their fight formore money is far from over. "The momentum is just starting to build," said Tom Lange, whoheads up the state's largest ...
REGIONAL
Feb 01, 2002 ... Hi Lo Otlk Akron 30 20 PCldy Charlotte 51 38 PCldy Cincinnati 36 23 Clr Cleveland 30 22 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 34 21 Clr Dayton 34 22 Clr Daytona Beach 70 59 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 50 36 ...
NATIONAL
Feb 01, 2002 ... Hi Lo Otlk Anchorage 30 21 Snow Baltimore 40 33 PCldy Boston 35 28 Clr Chicago 28 10 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 51 25 PCldy Denver 45 17 Clr Detroit 29 21 Cldy Honolulu 81 68 Clr Houston 52 36 Cldy Indianapolis 34 21 ...
Palindromes look a bit backward: Saturday will start the same way it ends - as a palindrome day
Feb 01, 2002; ... Look closely at the calendar Saturday. Then do it backward. In either direction, it's still 2-02-02. You're in the middle of a palindrome - a string of numbers, wordsor sentences that read the same backward or forward. Saturday's palindrome day is a rarity. Then Saturday ...
Alert may last for years: Authorities say terrorist cells may remain in U.S.
Feb 01, 2002; ... WASHINGTON - Despite U.S. successes in Afghanistan, the Bushadministration is cautioning that terrorists may be operating in theUnited States, requiring the nation to stay on high alert for perhapsyears. The call for vigilance came from a variety of officials Thursday,from ...
News briefs
Feb 01, 2002 ... Bush set to push for pension reform WASHINGTON - President Bush will ask Congress to revamp pensionlaws to give workers greater flexibility to diversify their companysavings accounts, a response to the Enron Corp. bankruptcy that costworkers their life's savings and created a ...
Winter storm leaves Plains, heads east: System blamed; in 20 deaths
Feb 01, 2002; ... A winter storm skidded from the Midwest into New England today,blowing a treacherous double-blast of snow and ice that leftthousands without power and schools and businesses closed. At least20 deaths were blamed on the weather. An early morning buildup of freezing rain brought ...
Rule will change the way PEIA does business
Feb 01, 2002; ... PUBLIC Employees Insurance Agency enrollment could dropsignificantly next year for the first time in PEIA's 31-yearexistence. No shrinkage in state, county or city work forces is anticipated,of course. That truly would be revolutionary. Nevertheless, up to 6,000 working West ...
High school: Block scheduling needs a more thorough examination
Feb 01, 2002; ... A decade ago, block scheduling swept through West Virginia highschools like pet rocks. Here was the key to quality education. Some good can be said for block scheduling. Four 90-minute classesa day means students can take eight courses a year instead of seven.Teachers ...
Our views: Raises; Money is apparently no object to Kanawha Prosecutor Mike Clifford
Feb 01, 2002; ... KANAWHA County commissioners, careful with taxpayers' money,decided to cap raises for county employees at $1,000 this fiscalyear. Prosecutor Mike Clifford disagrees that such economies arenecessary. Clifford gave $1,000 raises to five employees. But he disregardedthe cap ...
Warren shouldn't hear Darrell's case: Justices shouldn't hear cases filed by family members
Feb 01, 2002; ... RESEARCH suggests that economic growth and prosperity, conditionssorely needed in West Virginia, are linked to a basic ethical preceptthat judges will, by their actions, maintain and enhance the public'sconfidence in the integrity and impartiality of our judicial system. That ...
It isn't volume that's important
Feb 01, 2002; ... "MANY singers," said Peggy Lee, who herself kept it low down andsultry, "confuse shouting with emotion." I found myself nodding affirmatively when I saw that quote in herdeath notice last week. I would apply to many actors her judgment ofmany singers. Just a day earlier I ...
Fire stations may be consolidated, mayor says
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Mayor Jay Goldman denied a rumor that the fire department would beoperating without an overtime budget next year, but said there mightbe some consolidations of stations or departmental decreases. "The potential's there (for department budget decreases)," ...
Local briefs
Feb 01, 2002 ... Mason to patrol for drunken drivers In response to six traffic fatalities in five days, Mason CountySheriff Scott Simms said he will begin high intensity patrols totarget speeders and those driving under the influence, according to anews release from the sheriff's department ....
Obituaries
Feb 01, 2002 ... Gertrude Virginia Bias OTTAWA - Gertrude Virginia Bias, 84, of Ottawa, died Jan. 30,2002, at home. She was a member of Monclo Church of God at Sharples and ahomemaker. She is survived by sons, Opie Rodney Bias, Rex Allen Bias andRicci Ches Bias, all of Sharples; ...
Ironworkers local stages brief picket outside power plant
Feb 01, 2002 ... Members of Ironworkers Local 301 picketed the construction gate ofJohn E. Amos power plant this morning over an apparent workassignment dispute. Joe Haynes, community relations manager for American ElectricPower, said the picket didn't affect the plant's operation becausethe ...
Group suggests nurse center: Center would help recruit, retain nurses in state
Feb 01, 2002; ... West Virginia should establish a center aimed at recruiting andretaining nurses to help meet the state's health care needs, theNursing Shortage Study Commission recommends. The commission was to present the idea to state lawmakers Fridayas part of a report on nursing shortage ...
State briefs
Feb 01, 2002 ... Firetruck out of service during fatal blaze WELCH - When a fire broke out recently at a four-story apartmentbuilding, killing one resident, the Welch Fire Department's laddertruck was out of commission because it had failed an inspection. Fire Chief David Lester said he did ...
Smith brothers shooting for AAA titles
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR RIPLEY - Steve Sayre must enjoy coming to practice every day asRipley High School's wrestling coach. Most afternoons he gets to watch a blockbuster match between twoof the state's top Class AAA wrestlers. Maybe Sayre knows a little what Phil ...
OU's O'Shea learns as he goes: First-year coach was not ruffled by 30-point setback
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER When it comes to losses, Ohio University Coach Tim O'Shea doesn'tsweat the big ones. Nor does he sweat the small ones, if his team played up to hisexpectations. O'Shea has gotten a taste of both in the Bobcats' last twooutings, a 95-65 loss at ...
Hunter will sit this one out
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Brandon Hunter is a tough one to replace, and a tougher one tosuspend. Ohio University's 6-foot-7, 260-pound power forward will not playSaturday against Marshall due to a team rules violation, according toa released statement by Coach Tim O'Shea ....
A ROUGHHOUSING RIPLEY FAMILY
Feb 01, 2002; ... Ripley High freshman Mitch Smith (left) tries to prevent atakedown at the hands of his senior brother Matt during wrestlingpractice Thursday at the school. Mitch, ...
Unheralded line could be key: Center Woody only mainstay among no-name group
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW ORLEANS - When asked about the New England Patriots' offensiveline, St. Louis Rams defensive end Grant Wistrom was nearlyspeechless. But the fourth-year veteran wasn't awestruck by the Patriots'linemen. He just couldn't name them all. "Compton, Light," Wistrom said ....
There's another side to Catlett
Feb 01, 2002; ... GALE Catlett has an image. He is supposed to be egotistical. Andparanoid. And arrogant. Especially arrogant. Why, if I had a dollar for every time I've heard or read someonedescribe Catlett as "arrogant," I could afford to buy the farm nextto his in Hedgesville. But ...
Emotion factor has Hoyas' coach leery: WVU hopes to continue winning under Drew Catlett
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER For the last 24 years, there has been a Catlett Factor when facingWest Virginia University's basketball team. For the first time in that span, however, that has become the DrewCatlett, not Gale Catlett, Factor. "With what's going on with Coach ...
TODAY'S ODDS
Feb 01, 2002 ... NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Super Bowl XXXVI Sunday at New Orleans FAVORITE OPEN TODAY (O/U) U'DOG St. Louis 151/2 14 (53) New England NCAA Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Louisville 31/2 South Florida Yale 81/2 at ...
LOCAL
Feb 01, 2002 ... BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Today's Games Rainelle Christian at Elk Valley Christian Buffalo at Winfield Hurricane at Huntington Logan at Ripley Nitro at Riverside Greenbrier West at Clay County Ritchie County at ...
Briefly
Feb 01, 2002 ... FOOTBALL Former San Diego Charger head coach Mike Riley will join theSaints as assistant head coach and secondary coach. * Cincinnati Bengal running back Corey Dillon replacedPittsburgh's injured Jerome Bettis on the Pro Bowl roster. * Atlanta Falcon linebacker Keith ...
Local sports
Feb 01, 2002 ... WVU FOOTBALL A pitcher and a catcher are several of the latest prospects toverbally commit to West Virginia University's football team. OK, soone is a high school quarterback and another a receiver. The quarterback, although he could be moved to a differentposition in ...
Poca 57, Chas. Catholic 47
Feb 01, 2002 ... Poca (11-3) FG FT Pts Derrick Holmes 0-9 2-2 2 Brent Roberts 0-0 0-0 0 Josh Craigo 0-0 0-0 0 Zane Fletcher 0-0 0-0 0 Josh Hull 4-7 9-10 18 Trey Dailey 0-0 0-0 0 Ryan Smith 3-7 0-0 6 Ryan Carson 0-0 0-0 0 Nick Gardner 0-0 0-0 ...
Chapmanville 74, Sissonville 58
Feb 01, 2002 ... Chapmanville (13-2) FG FT Pts Justin Dempsey 6-9 4-6 16 B.J. Picklesimer 5-11 5-7 16 Tommy Zamow 4-6 2-2 10 Casey Bowling 4-12 1-1 9 Brandon Pritchard 7-13 4-6 22 Seth Amburgey 0-0 0-0 0 Seth Cyfers 0-0 0-0 0 Barry Burgess 0-0 1-2 ...
U. of Charleston 74, Concord 72
Feb 01, 2002 ... CONCORD (8-11, 5-6 in WVC) Player Min FG 3pt FT R A PT Duncan 24 6-6 1-1 1-1 6 2 14 Nichols 27 2-10 0-2 0-0 4 1 4 Rogers 33 3-7 0-1 0-0 1 3 6 Drennen 22 2-7 1-2 0-0 6 1 5 Atkins 36 8-18 1-4 2-7 11 0 19 Coefield 12 2-2 2-2 0-0 1 1 ...
Poca point guard pulling his weight
Feb 01, 2002; ... FOR THE DAILY MAIL When a basketball player is 200 pounds, you'd expect him to be inthe low post battling with the big guys. You wouldn't expect him to be the point guard of a team. Nor wouldyou expect him to be guarding the opposition's best and fastestplayer. But ...
Forget brakes: Tigers can run
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Chapmanville High's fast break offense is built on the foundationof 40 minutes per day dedicated solely to open-court transitionalmayhem. "We run off dead balls, off live balls, off missed shots, off madeshots," said Coach Danny Godby. "We try to push ...
Clutch shot, headbands left UC
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER At Thursday night's final buzzer, Derek Jones underhanded the ballinto Eddie King Gym's rafters, where it bounced around beforedescending. There was no doubt it was a basketball and not the head of aUniversity of Charleston player. All the smooth ...
Godfrey leads Tech over Blues
Feb 01, 2002; ... MONTGOMERY - Phillip Godfrey scored 27 points to lead WVU Tech toa 110-90 victory over Bluefield State on Thursday night. Jadae McGuire added 20 points and Gary Wade had 16 for WVU Tech (5-11, 2-7 West Virginia Conference). Tech shot nearly 67 percent fromthe floor for the ...
Valley cruises to another victory
Feb 01, 2002 ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Fresh off its victory over Fayette County-rival Oak Hill, Valleypulled away from Greater Beckley Christian in posting a 74-60 victoryThursday in boys high school basketball. The Class A ninth-ranked Greyhounds improved to 9-4 behind a trioof 16-point ...
Area wrestling records
Feb 01, 2002 ... 103 Pounds Anthony Easter, Nitro 25-0; Paul Carter, Riverside 19-8; AndyLeithead, Sissonville 14-10; Junior Villafana, Ripley 16-19; JeffRock, Herbert Hoover 9-26. 112 Pounds Bobby Cooper, Ripley 27-9; Robbie Diaz, Sissonville 14-4; ClaytonCall, Hurricane 17-10; Pete ...
Capital stays perfect with another blowout
Feb 01, 2002 ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Top-ranked Capital rolled past visiting Logan, 70-22, to remainperfect this season in girls high school basketball. Lisa Lee scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Thursday for theCougars (16-0). Sophomore Alexis Hornbuckle added 17 points and ...
Chas. Catholic 51, Buffalo 44
Feb 01, 2002 ... Charleston Catholic (10-4) FG FT Pts Brittany Baird 1-4 0-0 2 Carrie Pacifico 6-9 2-3 14 Brittany Williams 3-9 2-2 8 Samantha Sloan 7-9 2-2 16 Lindsay Ore 2-4 0-0 4 Blair Potesta 1-2 0-2 2 Lauren Cassis 1-3 3-4 5 Sarah Fragale 0-5 0-0 ...
Defense carries Irish over Bisons
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER BUFFALO - Forget the statistics. The deciding factor in Class A's ninth-ranked CharlestonCatholic's 51-44 victory Thursday over eighth-ranked Buffalo wasn'tthe shooting edge (47 to 32 percent) or the rebounding advantage (28to 18). The ...
Jordan thwarts Cavaliers again
Feb 01, 2002; ... Michael Jordan had a higher vertical leap, more hair and adifferent jersey the last time he made a game-winning shot inCleveland. Nevertheless, his most recent buzzer-beater against the Cavalierslooked strikingly similar to his last. Jordan hit an 18-foot jumper as time ...
Stacy Compton slides into an A.J. Foyt ride
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER Driving for A.J. Foyt might be one of the most difficult tasks aracer ever could face. After all, how are you ever going to live upto Foyt's legend? Stacy Compton is ready to give it a try. After two seasons with Melling Racing's Winston Cup ...
Long carries independents' banner
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER With Dave Marcis retiring from Winston Cup racing after thismonth's Daytona 500, Carl Long might be the man to carry the bannerfor the small independent drivers. Long, who qualified for three races last season on a shoestringbudget, has worked his way ...
Brady's ankle remains game's key question
Feb 01, 2002; ... NEW ORLEANS - Tom Brady admits the ankle is sore. "It's a little tender. But I think there's a lot of body parts ofmine that are sore," he said. The New England quarterback doesn't expect to be fully healed fromhis AFC championship game sprain when he faces the St. Louis Rams ...
Jacobson's 49: carries Stanford
Feb 01, 2002; ... Casey Jacobsen was due for a big game. Even he couldn't havethought it would be this big. The 6-foot-6 junior scored 49 points in No. 18 Stanford's 90-81victory over Arizona State on Thursday, the second-most points everscored by a Stanford player and the most ever against the Sun ...
This Cold sport the Hot new craze: New skating rink draws big crowds on weekends
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF LINES to get into South Charleston's new ice rink have been solong, the city had to order an extra cash register to keep up withthe constant influx of skaters. The rink has been open for a month today, and city officials saythe free skating periods on some ...
Officials cut estimate of stolen ammunition
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department says most of the 19,000rounds of ammunition that it earlier reported missing from itswarehouse is not actually missing at all. Only about 2,000 rounds remain unaccounted for following a break-in that occurred in late ...
Juvenile suspects decrease: Authorities hope numbers are indicative of new trend
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Juvenile justice authorities say they hope the numbers releasedthis week showing a significant decrease in the number of kidscharged with crimes is part of a trend. "You don't want to put too much emphasis on numbers because theymay not always tell the whole ...
Making Kabul look good
Feb 01, 2002; ... HAMID Karzai doesn't need the job. He could move in with his richbrother in Chicago. Their father got killed when he had the job.There's no money. There's little hope. There's not even enough foodto go around. Still, Karzai has gone back to try to make something out ...
Internet survey finds gripes: Keeping connected with reliable service is main concern
Feb 01, 2002; ... DAILY MAIL STAFF Several Internet service providers agreed with a survey showingthat service interruptions are the number one complaint fromcustomers, but they said those complaints are mostly coming fromother providers. Conducted by BIGResearch for the National Regulatory ...
Business briefs
Feb 01, 2002 ... Construction work in area still slow Construction activity figures released this week show constructionprojects in the Kanawha Valley and West Virginia are still down fromlast year. Released by the F.W. Dodge Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,the figures show the ...
Wise names two to head economic development plan
Feb 01, 2002 ... Gov. Bob Wise today named Mike Basile and Kenny Perdue to head theeffort to implement "A Vision Shared," the economic developmentaction plan adopted 15 months ago by the West Virginia Council forCommunity and Economic Development. Basile is a lawyer at the Charleston firm Spilman, ...
Wreck involving three coal trucks injures two
Feb 01, 2002 ... LAUREL CREEK - Two Mingo County men were sent to a hospital afterthey were injured in a wreck involving three coal trucks, police saidtoday. Roger Dale Johnson of Kermit was driving southbound on MingoCounty Route 35 near Laurel Creek between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.Thursday when he ...
Backcountry skier dies in Utah avalanche
Feb 01, 2002; ... SALT LAKE CITY - A backcountry skier died in an avalanche onWhitney Ridge in Weber Canyon, about 30 miles east of Salt Lake City. The man was buried in four feet of snow for 15 minutes Thursday ona steep slope. Rescue ...
Volunteer group offers assistance with tax returns
Feb 01, 2002 ... Two volunteer organizations are providing assistance at manyKanawha County Public Library locations to taxpayers preparing their2001 returns. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is sponsored by theInternal Revenue Service. Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) issponsored by ...
For the record
Feb 01, 2002 ... * Bankruptcy filings The following people filed petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court forthe Southern District on Jan. 25, 2002: * Amy Christine and Michael Todd Woods, 261 Old Bluefield Road,Lot 10, Princeton. Chapter 7. Assets: $7,200. Liabilities: $8,025. * Cathy Jane ...